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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

32,885 works

Etching of soldiers and cavalry marching at night along a forest road, with a burning tree and wagon.

A Night March, Plate 16 from "Life Studies of the Great Army"

Edwin Forbes, 1876

Colored print of a seated soldier in a cap smoking a clay pipe, with army tents in the background.

Life in Camp, Part 1: Building Castles; Hard Tack; Upset His Coffee; Water Call; A Shell is Coming; Riding on a Rail;…

Winslow Homer, 1864

Colored print of a man in a wide-brimmed hat smoking a pipe while seated on a cannon, with smoke and distant figures behind.

Life in Camp, Part 2: In the Trenches; Good Bye; Fording; Extra Ration; The Field Barber; The Girl He Left Behind Him…

Winslow Homer, 1864

Colored lithograph of many figures in period dress skating on a frozen park pond, with a fallen skater and a Dangerous sign.

Skating in Central Park, New York

Winslow Homer, 1861

Wood engraving of soldiers firing rifles during a skirmish in an open field, with smoke rising across the landscape.

The First Maine Cavalry Skirmishing

Alfred Waud, 1845-91

Etching of four women with baskets walking along a rocky cliff edge, faces turned upward under a pale sky.

A Voice from the Cliffs

Winslow Homer, 1888

Engraving of a galleon in rough seas with a sea monster and mermaid, beside a walled harbor town under stormy clouds.

Landscape with a Ship and Jonah and the Whale

Lucas Gassel, ca. 1560-70

Engraving of a river with a double-tiered arched bridge, sailing ships, rowboats, towers and a tall statue column.

Riverscape with a Double Bridge

Lucas Gassel, ca. 1560-70

Engraved landscape with a tall obelisk, a hilltop castle, a river with boats, a windmill, and a large tree on the left.

River Valley with Obelisk

Lucas Gassel, ca. 1560-70

Engraved river valley with a cliff castle, stone bridge, sailing ships, and a traveling couple in the foreground.

River Valley with a Traveling Couple

Lucas Gassel, ca. 1560-70

Engraved landscape with a hilltop castle, windmill, village, river boats, and falconers on horseback in the foreground.

Mountain Landscape with Falconers

Lucas Gassel, ca. 1560-70

Engraving of a landscape with two windmills, a haloed shepherd figure with sheep in the foreground, and village houses.

Landscape with Windmills and Christ as Good Shepherd

Lucas Gassel, ca. 1560-70

Colored architectural design of a Gothic altar chapel with pointed windows, scrollwork, a heraldic crest, and paneled walls.

Design for an Altar Chapel, Farnborough, England

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1880-86

Pen and ink design of seven vertical arabesque panels with scrolls, urns, cherubs, and classical motifs on paper.

Design for Seven Vertical Panels of Arabesque Decoration, Farnsborough, England

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1880-86

Watercolor design of an upper wall with heraldic eagle shields, gilded crowns, draped swags, and decorative friezes.

Design for Upper Wall Decoration, Farnborough, England

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1880-86

Watercolor design of a radiating decorative dome interior with gilded rosettes, scrollwork panels, and winged beasts.

Design for the Interior Cupola of a Domed Chapel, Farnborough, England

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1880-86

Pencil and wash design for a grand stairway with classical columns, painted panels, a seated woman and a peacock.

Ceiling and Cove Designs for Stairway, Hôtel Rothschild, Vienna

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1850-1910

Brown wash drawing of ornate ceiling and cove designs with classical figures, putti, garlands and architectural panels.

Ceiling and Cove Designs, Hôtel Rothschild, Vienna

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Composite drawing sheet of ornamental ceiling and cove sketches, with a painted putto and flower urn, scrolls, and tile patte

Fifteen Sketches for Ceiling and Cove Designs, Hôtel Rothschild, Vienna

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Watercolor elevation of a decorated gallery wall with arched windows, blue and red panels, and floral motifs.

Plan and Elevation of Gallery, Deepdene, Dorking, Surrey

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1875-79

Watercolor elevation of a Gothic chapel nave with pointed arches, stained glass windows, and a patterned blue wall.

Elevation of Nave, Chapelle des Catéchismes, Ste Clothilde, Paris

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Watercolor design of a cloudy sky inside an ornate frame with floral garlands and scrolling acanthus decoration.

Ceiling Design for the Dining Room of the Duke d'Albe, Madrid

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Watercolor design of an ornate arched wall niche with green, red and gold panels and a central rosette medallion.

Gallery Ceiling Design, Hôtel Cottier

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1867

Pencil drawing of ornamental ceiling friezes with foliate scrolls, floral sprays, and monogram cartouches for Fontainebleau.

Ceiling Design for the "Salle des Cerfs", Fontainebleau

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Pencil design sketch of a long decorative frieze with scrollwork, rosettes and cartouches on tan paper.

Design for Ceiling Decorations, Fontainebleau

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Watercolor design of a decorated ceiling and wall panels with a central medallion, classical busts and winged figures in gold

Ceiling Design for Bedroom of Duchesse de Newcastle, Hôtel of Madame Hope

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, ca. 1867

Watercolor design for painted coving with acanthus scrolls, a classical figure in the spandrel, and a gilded cornice above an

Design for Coving, Hotel de Trevise

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1850-1910

Watercolor design of an ornate intarsia-style ceiling with scrolling foliage, flower medallions and a red rosette centre.

Intarsia Ceiling Design for the Dining Room, Deepdene, Dorking, Surrey

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1875-79

Gouache design for a pastel ceiling with oval central medallion, floral bouquets, classical figures and gilded moldings.

Ceiling Design

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Watercolor design for an ornamental arched vault with floral garlands, gilded scrolls and a doorway below.

Design for Hôtel de Trevise, Paris

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century